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A stunning multi-generational kaleidoscope of London' Bernardine Evaristo'A wise, tender novel about family and love' Monica AliMelissa and her sisters are in conflict. After fifty years in London, their mother wants to return home to Nigeria, leaving behind a web of resentments and secrets lately disturbed by the sudden demise of their father. Should Alice stay here, or can her daughters work together to grant her wish?Meanwhile Melissa has n...

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Alice wants to go home to die but is not certain when this will be. Her three daughters are divided on whether she stays or goes, and tasked with realising her dream of a house in Nigeria, conflict stirs and old wounds surface. Meanwhile their father wanders the flames of purgatory, unable to pass into the light. Will Alice get back home and complete the circle of her life, or will London be her final refuge?Melissa, to her mother's regret, is...

Alice wants to go home to die. Her three daughters are divided on whether she stays or goes, and tasked with realising her dream of a house in Nigeria, conflict stirs and old wounds surface. Meanwhile their father wanders the flames of purgatory, unable to pass into the light. Will Alice get back home and complete the circle of her life, or will London be her final refuge?Melissa, to her mother's regret, is long separated from Michael who has ...

Es ist nicht lange her, dass Melissa und Michael, von ihren Freunden liebevoll M&M, genannt, das allseits bewunderte Paar waren. Doch jetzt ist ihre Ehe so einsturzgefährdet wie das Einfamilienhaus im Süden Londons. Melissa ist gerade Mutter geworden, aber statt Erfüllung empfindet sie Überforderung und sucht Trost bei den nigerianischen Eintöpfen und Zaubern ihrer Mutter. Das macht Michael nur noch unzufriedener, der sich ein aufregendes Lebe...

Ich muss einfach jedem von diesem Buch erzählen - es ist so gut, dass es mir den Atem geraubt hat." Dolly Alderton -- Ein bittersüßer Roman über die Liebe und das moderne Familienleben unter den Zwängen des Alltags -- Es ist nicht lange her, dass Melissa und Michael, von ihren Freunden liebevoll M&M, genannt, das allseits bewunderte Paar waren. Doch jetzt ist ihre Ehe so einsturzgefährdet wie das Einfamilienhaus im Süden Londons. Melissa ist g...

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Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, Diana Evans' Ordinary People received international acclaim for its "forensic look at the pleasures and perils of marriage and parenting" (Sarah Waters, Guardian). In a crooked house in South London, Melissa feels she's defined solely by motherhood, while Michael mourns the thrill of their romance. In the suburbs, Stephanie's aspirations for bliss on the commuter belt compound Damian's itch for a ...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF ORDINARY PEOPLEAs a child Lucas thought that all children who'd lost their parents lived on water. Now a restless young man still living with his sister Denise on their West London narrowboat, he determines to find out more about the unexplained disappearance of his father, the charismatic Jamaican dancer, Antoney Matheus.Thus unfolds a journey from fifties Kingston to sixties Notting Hill and the host of unforgettable chara...

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Diana Evans is a British author of Nigerian and English descent. Her bestselling novel, 26a, won the inaugural Orange Award for New Writers and the British Book Awards deciBel Writer of the Year prize. It was also shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel, the Guardian First Book, the Commonwealth Best First Book and the Times/Southbank Show Breakthrough awards, and longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Her second novel...

Hailed as "one of the most thrilling writers at work today" (Huffington Post), Diana Evans reaches new heights with her searing depiction of two couples struggling through a year of marital crisis. In a crooked house in South London, Melissa feels increasingly that she's defined solely by motherhood, while Michael mourns the former thrill of their romance. In the suburbs, Stephanie's aspirations for bliss on the commuter belt, coupled with her...

A hauntingly beautiful, wickedly funny, and devastatingly moving novel of innocence and dreams that announces the arrival of a major new talent to the literary scene In the attic room at 26 Waifer Avenue, identical twins Georgia and Bessi Hunter share nectarines and forge their identities, while escaping from the sadness and danger that inhabit the floors below. But innocence lasts for only so long--and dreams, no matter how vivid and powerful...

Other books have documented pork barrel projects in different policy areas, but none has examined the process of using pork to buy votes for broad public policy. This book reveals how Congressional leaders and the President give pork barrel projects to Congressional members' districts to buy their votes for broad-based national legislation. It does so through interviews with key actors--who provide the basis for a rich narrative of the process...

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FROM THE AUTHOR OF ORDINARY PEOPLEIdentical twins, Georgia and Bessi, live in the loft of 26 Waifer Avenue. Older sister Bel discovers sex, high heels and organic hairdressing, the twins prepare for a flapjack empire, and baby sister Kemy learns to moonwalk for Michael Jackson.

A volume in Family School Community Partnership Issues Series Editors: Diana B. Hiatt-Michael, Pepperdine University Effective schools engage a wide range of families and community members to support their award-winning programs. This monograph highlights exemplary examples of communities, including foundations, community organizers, non-profit organizations, community agencies, as well as school districts, that lead successful group, sc...

A volume in Family School Community Partnership Issues Series Editors: Diana B. Hiatt-Michael, Pepperdine University Effective schools engage a wide range of families and community members to support their award-winning programs. This monograph highlights exemplary examples of communities, including foundations, community organizers, non-profit organizations, community agencies, as well as school districts, that lead successful group, sc...